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Arphaxed Loomis: Anti-Slavery Democrat & Little Falls Law Reformer

October 1, 2024 by Rebecca Rector Leave a Comment

The man with the unique name of Arphaxed (or Arphaxad) Loomis was an important constitutional law reformer in New York State. His biblical name is from Arphacshad, the grandson of Noah. It means healer or releaser. Arphaxed Loomis was a healer not of individual people, but of an entire state’s legal code.

Loomis was born in Winchester Connecticut in 1798 to Thaddeus Loomis, a devout Presbyterian and Lois Griswold. The family then moved to the town of Salisbury in Herkimer County, New York about 1801. [Read more…] about Arphaxed Loomis: Anti-Slavery Democrat & Little Falls Law Reformer

Adirondack Foothills Unit Management Plan Comments Sought

July 22, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comment on the draft Adirondack Foothills Unit Management Plan (UMP). The draft UMP includes six State forests — Hogsback, Popple Pond, Woodhull, Punkeyville, Black Creek, and Hinckley — as well as 24 separate parcels of detached Forest Preserve in Oneida and Herkimer counties and will guide management of these properties over the next 10 years. [Read more…] about Adirondack Foothills Unit Management Plan Comments Sought

A Place Called Pauley: An Adirondack History

November 27, 2022 by Dave Waite 2 Comments

In the autumn of 1917, the well-known hotel and sportsman’s lodge Pauley Place was torn down as part of New York’s pursuit to bring her wilderness back on the path to being forever wild. The hotel was in Arietta, one of the most remote sections of the southern Adirondacks.

This town in Hamilton County spans sixty miles of wilderness, with Caroga Lake to the south and Tupper Lake to the north. The town was so sparsely populated during those years that the 1915 census listed less than four hundred permanent residents, only one physician, and more wilderness guides than farmers. [Read more…] about A Place Called Pauley: An Adirondack History

3,300 Acres Protected Along East Canada Creek Tributary

December 29, 2020 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

The Open Space Institute (OSI) has announced the permanent protection of more than 3,300 acres in the Herkimer County towns of Salisbury and Norway. The tract is comprised of hardwood and softwood forests and significant wetlands within the Mohawk River watershed.

OSI purchased the Spruce Creek property for $3 million from Datum 9 Forestry LLC. [Read more…] about 3,300 Acres Protected Along East Canada Creek Tributary

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